Willard “Dean” Fender, 88, of Hillsboro, passed away Wednesday, May 25, 2022 at the Highland District Hospital in Hillsboro with his family by his side.

Donald Leroy Smith, 78, of Huber Heights, passed away May 22, 2022 from heart disease.

Wilfred K. Ellis, 91, of Sardinia, passed away Saturday, May 21, 2022 at the Villa Nursing Home in Georgetown.

Mary June Thompson, 84, of Hillsboro passed away Thursday, May 19, 2022 at Crestwood Ridge Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Hillsboro.

John W. Walker, 76, of Lynchburg, passed away Thursday, May 19, 2022, at his home with his family by his side.

Judith “Judy” Kay Johnson, 79, of Hillsboro, passed away Wednesday, May 18, 2022, at the Eagle Creek Nursing Center.

James “Jim” Robert Butler, 69, of Hillsboro, passed away Wednesday, May 18, 2022, at the Highland District Hospital.

Robert Gene “Bob” Gardner, 88, of Lebanon, passed away unexpectedly and suddenly Thursday, May 12, 2022 at the Bethesda North Hospital in Montgomery.

Gerald Lee Burba, 81, of Hillsboro, passed away Monday, Jan. 17, 2022 at the Adena Regional Medical Center.

Richard Michael Baldwin, 78, of Wilmington, passed away Friday, May 13, 2022 at Clinton Memorial Hospital.

Rose Ann Dixon, 94, of Wilmington, passed away Wednesday, May 11, 2022 at her home with her family by her side.

Shirley Ann Fisch, 87, passed away peacefully on April 29, 2022 in Greensboro, N.C., after a long battle with dementia. She was born Shirley Ann Tennenbaum on April 19, 1935, in Greenfield, Ohio.

Richard Jones, 57, of Manchester, passed away Monday, April 4, 2022 at his home.

Beulah Jane Wells, 92, of Woodstock, passed away Tuesday, May 3, 2022 in her home.

John William “Bill” Jones, 92, of Hillsboro, passed away Tuesday, May 3, 2022 at his home with his family by his side.